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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is a Poignant Tribute to a Star Fallen Too Soon

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|November 10, 2022 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Critic Death is no stranger to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some of the MCU’s most popular heroes have sacrificed themselves on-screen over the years for the greater good, but the shocking, real-life death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020 left the MCU with the near [...]

Tom Holland and Zendaya Travel ‘Far from Home’ in Latest Spider-Man Outing

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 2, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” Tom Holland and Zendaya reprise their roles as teenagers Peter Parker and MJ, respectively, whose budding relationship is complicated by the fact that Peter is a masked superhero Spider-Man, who possesses superpowers th [...]

‘GOT’ Alum Sophie Turner Soars as ‘Dark Phoenix’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 5, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After a decade of playing Sansa, the eldest daughter of House Stark on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Sophie Turner is moving ahead with her career. In Fox/Marvel’s “Dark Phoenix,” she reprises her role from 2016’s “X-Men: Apocalypse” as Jean Grey, one of t [...]

A ‘Marvel’-ous Captain at the Controls of Latest Superhero Film

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 5, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In her meteoric rise to stardom, Brie Larson has played smart, heroic characters. She managed to save herself from a psychotic kidnapper in “Room,” then subsequently squared off against a warehouse full of warring gangsters in “Free Fire,” and then ev [...]

Colony of Actors and Filmmakers Turn up to Champion ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 2, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Marvel Studios gets its first headlining female superhero in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” with the latter character being played by Evangeline Lilly, previously part of TV’s “Lost” cast and the “Hobbit” films. The native Canadian, introduced in 2015’s “Ant [...]

‘Deadpool 2’ Tries Too Hard But is Still a Delight

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|May 14, 2018 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Moviegoers feeling burned out by the abundance of superhero movies hitting theaters as of late likely are still looking forward to 20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2.” After all, its 2016 predecessor was a welcome breath of fresh air in a market saturate [...]

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Proves Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|April 25, 2018 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic A cinematic event 10 years in the making, Marvel’s big, bold, superhero extravaganza “Avengers: Infinity War” is finally here. Now the question everyone wants answered is: Was the highly anticipated film worth the wait? Of course! This isn’t a DC Com [...]

Is This an ‘Avengers’ Press Conference? Bingo!

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 24, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Days before “Avengers: Infinity War” assembles in movie theaters, the stars of the Marvel superhero film—21 of them, to be exact—are present in in a hotel ballroom for a press conference, along with the filmmakers, several dozen journalists, bloggers, [...]

Chadwick Boseman Puts the Accent on Authenticity in ‘Black Panther’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 15, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After delivering dead-on performances depicting pioneering African-American icons of the 20th century—ballplayer Jackie Robinson, vocalist James Brown and justice Thurgood Marshall—actor Chadwick Boseman dons the suit of a fictional superhero in “Blac [...]

‘Black Panther’ Rooted in Empowered Females

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While Marvel’s “Black Panther” superhero epic is being hailed as a historic achievement in popular cinema for bringing the first black superhero—the eponymous title character who also becomes the king of an under-the-radar highly advanced African coun [...]